My dissertation research focuses on host-parasite co-evolution and host specific adaptation of Cryptosporidium species and animals. I am also looking into the relationship between Cryptosporidium in wildlife and surface water along the Buffalo River watershed near Hawley, MN.

I am collecting fecal samples (with help from some volunteers) from any species I can get my hands on. Please let me know if you have any fecal samples, especially from wildlife and/or zoo animals, that I could extract DNA from.

Awards and Honors

2007 North Dakota State Chapter of the Wildlife Society Student Academic Award